László István Orbán (born April 17, 1930, in
Cluj
; hu, kincses város)
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, died May 31, 2018, in
Balatonfűzfő
Balatonfűzfő is a town at the northeast corner of Lake Balaton in Hungary.
History
The earliest settlements in the area were founded by the Celts, Avars and Romans. Material findings dating from the Middle Ages
In the history of ...
) is one of the most significant fencers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Cluj who performed in national championships.
[Sallai, 2009] Orbán raised the quality of the sport after the second world war and met challenges from much better supported and advantaged fencers from Bucharest. His grandfather was
János Spáda
János Spáda (also known as John Spada, December 10, 1877, Kolozs – July 7, 1913, Kolozsvár) was a famous Hungarian architect of Italian descent, the grandfather of Hungarian mathematician from Transylvania Béla Orbán and fencer, mathematic ...
, a famous architect in Kolozsvár (today
Cluj-Napoca
; hu, kincses város)
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, subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County
, subdivision_name1 = Cluj County
, subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status
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,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
), and his cousin, Prof.
Béla Orbán, a mathematician in the same city, all of them
ethnic Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic ...
.
Notes
References
* Sallai, AL (2009). Elfelejtett történetek: Folyamatosan a siker kapujában. Szabadság
Online Access(in Hungarian)
* Csomafáy Ferenc (2011). Megalakult a kolozsvári vívók baráti társasága, erdon.r
Online Access (in Hungarian)
* Killyéni, A. (2018). Búcsú Orbán Laci bácsitól. Szabadság
Online Access(in Hungarian)
Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca
Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent
Romanian male fencers
1930 births
2018 deaths
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